Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister M.K. Stalin. File
| Photo Credit: M. Vedhan
Chief Minister and DMK president M.K. Stalin on Friday (January 23, 2026) said Tamil Nadu would always deal setbacks to the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), which had been “continuously betraying” the State.
In a post on social media, Mr. Stalin, who raised questions for Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of the latter’s visit to the State to address an NDA rally, alleged that Mr. Modi frequently visited the Tamil Nadu only when elections approached.
Mr. Stalin was responding to a tweet by Mr. Modi, who said, “Tamil Nadu is with the NDA!”
The Prime Minister, in his tweet, said: “I’ll be joining NDA leaders at the rally in Madhuranthakam later today [Friday]. Tamil Nadu has decided that it’s time to bid farewell to the corrupt DMK government. The NDA’s governance record and commitment to regional aspirations are striking a chord with the people of the State.”
Countering his claim, Mr. Stalin asked: “When will the State receive its due of ₹3,458 crore under the Samagra Shiksha programme? When will he [Mr. Modi] assure Tamil Nadu that there will be no reduction in the number of constituencies during delimitation? When will the atrocities of Governor [R.N. Ravi], who functions as the BJP’s agent, come to an end? When will his [Mr. Modi’s] regime, which projects itself as having greater affinity for the Tamil language than Tamils themselves, allocate the funds due to the Tamils? When will there be an assurance that the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) will continue and that the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-GRAM G), which passes the burden to States and undermines livelihood opportunities, will be abandoned?”
He further asked: “When will the ‘eighth wonder’ of the world — All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Madurai — which the Union government had been raising ‘inch by inch,’ come up before our eyes? When will we get the funds sought as natural disaster response relief? When will approval come for the Hosur airport and Metro Rail projects in Madurai and Coimbatore? When will the Keeladi report [on the first two phases of excavations carried out under archaeologist K. Amarnath Ramakrishna between 2014 and 2016] be released? When will the unanimous demand of Tamil Nadu’s people regarding exemption from the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to undergraduate medical courses be fulfilled?”
Published – January 23, 2026 01:31 pm IST
